Innocent_Eyes
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Hi y'all!

I have recently compiled a list of all of the albums that have sold over half a million copies in Australia.

The list below includes estimates based on accreditations reported since 1990, year end charts, and various sales infos I could gather from Noise11 and Billboard books. I may have forgotten a few albums as catalogue sales and albums from the 70s are much harder to gauge:

Position	Title	Act	Release date	Estimates
1	Bat Out Of Hell	Meat Loaf	1977	1 760 000
2	Whispering Jack	John Farnham	1986	1 705 000
3	Brothers In Arms	Dire Straits	1985	1 240 000
4	ABBA Gold	ABBA	1992	1 205 000
5	Come On Over	Shania Twain	1997	1 200 000
6	Thriller	Michael Jackson	1982	1 140 000
7	Jagged Little Pill	Alanis Morissette	1995	1 130 000
8	Grease	Soundtrack	1978	1 120 000
9	Greatest Hits	Queen	1981	1 115 000
10	The Best Of ABBA	ABBA	1975	1 110 000
11	Innocent Eyes	Delta Goodrem	2003	1 100 000
12	21	Adele	2011	1 075 000
13	Dark Side Of The Moon	Pink Floyd	1973	1 070 000
14	Rumours	Fleetwood Mac	1977	980 000
15	Born In The USA	Bruce Springsteen	1984	930 000
16	Falling Into You	Céline Dion	1996	925 000
17	Arrival	ABBA	1976	920 000
18	Recurring Dream: The Very Best Of	Crowded House	1996	910 000
19	Christmas	Michael Bublé	2011	910 000
20	The Very Best Of The Eagles	The Eagles	1994	905 000
21	Back In Black	AC/DC	1980	900 000
22	Funhouse	P!nk	2008	875 000
23	The Immaculate Collection	Madonna	1990	875 000
24	Savage Garden	Savage Garden	1997	860 000
25	Hot August Night	Neil Diamond	1972	850 000
26	Music Box	Mariah Carey	1993	850 000
27	Metallica	Metallica	1991	845 000
28	Dirty Dancing	Soundtrack	1987	825 000
29	The Wall	Pink Floyd	1979	825 000
30	Forrest Gump	Soundtrack	1994	815 000
31	Saturday Night Fever	Soundtrack	1977	815 000
32	1	The Beatles	2000	790 000
33	Come Away With Me	Norah Jones	2002	785 000
34	I'm Not Dead	P!nk	2006	785 000
35	Chisel	Cold Chisel	1991	780 000
36	Cross Road: The Best Of Bon Jovi	Bon Jovi	2010	780 000
37	Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds	Jeff Wayne	1978	780 000
38	The Ultimate Collection	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1989	770 000
39	Tapestry	Carole King	1971	750 000
40	Greatest Hits	Bruce Springsteen	1995	740 000
41	Yourself Or Someone Like You	Matchbox Twenty	1996	730 000
42	I Dreamed A Dream	Susan Boyle	2009	725 000
43	Only By The Night	Kings Of Leon	2008	725 000
44	The Sound Of White	Missy Higgins	2004	725 000
45	Greatest Hits	Fleetwood Mac	1988	720 000
46	Graceland	Paul Simon	1986	715 000
47	Dangerous	Michael Jackson	1991	710 000
48	Don't Ask	Tina Arena	1994	710 000
49	Remasters	Led Zeppelin	1990	710 000
50	Man Of Colours	Icehouse	1987	700 000
51	Legend	Bob Marley & The Wailers	1984	695 000
52	Nevermind	Nirvana	1991	685 000
53	Get Born	Jet	2003	675 000
54	The Eminem Show	Eminem	2002	670 000
55	Back To Bedlam	James Blunt	2004	660 000
56	Symbols / Led Zeppelin IV	Led Zeppelin	1971	660 000
57	Forgiven, Not Forgotten	The Corrs	1995	655 000
58	The Best Of Van Morrison	Van Morrison	1990	670 000
59	Hotel California	The Eagles	1976	650 000
60	Soul Deep	Jimmy Barnes	1991	645 000
61	Love Over Gold	Dire Straits	1982	640 000
62	Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	The Beatles	1967	630 000
63	The Colour Of My Love	Céline Dion	1993	630 000
64	ABBA	ABBA	1975	625 000
65	Greatest Hits	Robbie Williams	2004	610 000
66	Live	AC/DC	1992	610 000
67	Slippery When Wet	Bon Jovi	1986	610 000
68	Throwing Copper	Live	1994	610 000
69	T.N.T.	AC/DC	1975	605 000
70	Californication	Red Hot Chili Peppers	1999	600 000
71	Michael Bublé	Michael Bublé	2003	600 000
72	Odyssey Number Five	Powderfinger	2000	600 000
73	Essential Michael Jackson	Michael Jackson	2005	595 000
74	The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac	Fleetwood Mac	2002	595 000
75	Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975	The Eagles	1976	590 000
76	So Far So Good	Bryan Adams	1993	585 000
77	Rattle And Hum	U2	1988	585 000
78	Appetite For Destruction	Guns N Roses	1988	580 000
79	Best Of 1980-1990	U2	1998	580 000
80	HIStory: Past, Present & Future - Book 1	Michael Jackson	1995	580 000
81	Greatest Hits	Guns N Roses	2004	580 000
82	The Truth About Love	P!nk	2012	580 000
83	Tracy Chapman	Tracy Chapman	1988	580 000
84	Affirmation	Savage Garden	1999	575 000
85	Greatest Hits	Red Hot Chili Peppers	2003	575 000
86	Greatest Hits II	Queen	1991	575 000
87	The Age Of Reason	John Farnham	1988	575 000
88	Unplugged	Eric Clapton	1992	575 000
89	Kick	INXS	1987	570 000
90	Remember Cat Stevens	Cat Stevens	1999	570 000
91	The Very Best Of Elton John	Elton John	1990	570 000
92	Harvest	Neil Young	1972	565 000
93	25	Adele	2015	560 000
94	The Greatest Hits 1966-1992	Neil Diamond	1992	560 000
95	(What's The Story) Morning Glory	Oasis	1995	560 000
96	Greatest Hits… So Far!!!	P!nk	2010	555 000
97	Fallen	Evanescence	2003	550 000
98	Let Go	Avril Lavigne	2002	545 000
99	MTV Unplugged In New York	Nirvana	1994	540 000
100	10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1	Midnight Oil	1982	535 000
101	Feeler	Pete Murray	2003	535 000
102	Phantom Of The Opera	Soundtrack	1988	535 000
103	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd	1975	535 000
104	A Rush Of Blood To The Head	Coldplay	2002	530 000
105	Barricades And Brickwalls	Kasey Chambers	2001	530 000
106	Diesel And Dust	Midnight Oil	1987	525 000
107	Fever	Kylie Minogue	2001	525 000
108	Ten	Pearl Jam	1991	515 000
109	The Best Of The Doors	The Doors	1985	515 000
110	Chain Reaction	John Farnham	1990	510 000
111	For The Working Class Man	Jimmy Barnes	1985	510 000
112	30 #1 Hits	Elvis Presley	2002	505 000
113	Breakaway	Kelly Clarkson	2004	505 000
114	Like A Virgin	Madonna	1984	500 000
115	Romanza	Andrea Bocelli	1997	500 000
116	Greatest Hits	Bon Jovi	2010	500 000
117	X	Ed Sheeran	2014	500 000
118	1989	Taylor Swift	2014	500 000
119	Use Your Illusion II	Guns N Roses	1991	500 000

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borderwolf
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Great!!! Thanks, Innocent_Eyes!

Innocent_Eyes
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You're welcome Borderwolf Must admit that I had completely forgotten about this thread lol.

borderwolf
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Just a question: I've seen in the past two different sources for the 7th platinum for Harvest, one said October 2002, one said March 2010.
On which of these sources is based your estimate?
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Innocent_Eyes
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Harvest was certified 7 x Platinum in October 2002 even though it does not appear on the ARIA website for some reason.

You can find it on page 29 of the issue 662 available on the Pandora website.

That's why I'm surprised I have been so conservative about it. I have re-calculated my estimations and found 565,000 units.
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borderwolf
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